Farewell, Alex: conceited, boomer (cartoon) banker
London | In October 1986, then-UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher launched her 'Big Bang' deregulation of the British economy. This propelled London, and the world, into a new era of financial sophistication – one in which traders, bankers and brokers were the new masters of the universe.
As money began to slosh through the City of London, a new social category emerged from the wash: the yuppie. Conceited, materialistic and hedonistic, this breed was ripe for satire. Sure enough, it wasn't long before the City's denizens had their own caricaturists and chroniclers: Russell Taylor and Charles Peattie, the writer and illustrator of the Alex cartoon.
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